Template:Cite news

This template contains one or more optional parameters: see the talk page for details.

This template employs some extremely complicated and esoteric features of template syntax.
Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. Any experiments should be conducted in the template sandbox or your user space.

This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is intended specifically for news sources. For citing journals/magazines and websites, see {{Cite journal}} and {{Cite web}}, respectively.

title: Title of the article. Note that title must be on one line in order for the hyperlink (if there is one) to display properly. Do not enclose it in quotations marks, italics or other formatting, though it may be wikilinked. Reduce "all capitals" to some other title case.

newspaper: Name of the publication that ran the item, e.g., The Miami Herald or The Scotsman. Can also be used for the name of a column or subpart of an issue. Do not italicize; the software will do so automatically. (You may also use journal, magazine, periodical, or work, but do not use publisher for this.)

date: Date of publication. To avoid ambiguity, write out the month in words, using the same date format as in the main text of the article. When this information is absent for an online source consider using {{cite web}} instead.

authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate Wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.

author2, author3, ... author9: Allows additional authors. Numbers must be used consecutively. author9 is not actually displayed, but causes et al. to appear. Can also use lastn, firstn, and authorlinkn.

coauthors: Equivalent to author2.

url: Link to the news item if available online (note this is not for a link to the main web page of the work of publisher, but only to a copy of the item specified in title). Start the url with the communications protocol e.g., http://. Do not post urls of Google hosted AP content, that content is transient. Use MSNBC, Yahoo, or another provider that keeps AP archives.

accessdate: Date when the news item was accessed, if it was found online. Should be in the same format as the rest of the article. Must not be wikilinked.

format: Format, e.g. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default). This parameter is sometimes used for completely different purposes, with values such as "fee required" and "reprint", but its original intent was to warn readers of file formats that their browsers might have trouble with.

publisher: The company or organization that publishes the news source (not to be used for the name of the news source itself; see the newspaper parameter). Can be (but need not be) omitted for major publications like The New York Times, but may add credibility for local papers that are part of a family of publications like The McClatchy Company.

isbn, issn, oclc, pmid, pmd, bibcode, doi Unique object identifiers, if applicable. Will automatically generate an appropriately wikilinked link to the object in question. Most ordinary newspaper articles will not have one of these.

id: Identifier of a type not listed above. Remember, if you use this parameter, you must specify the kind of identifier, not just give a number.

page or pages: The page(s) on which the article is found. page inserts the abbreviation "p." before the number; pages inserts "pp." Use only one of these parameters. If numbers are entered for both, pages overrides page.

at: Position within the newspaper when page/pages is unsuitable, e.g. |at=p. 2, col. 3, |at=p. 2, para. 4 (when the page number is not sufficiently specific), |at=section C, p. 2 (when the newspaper has several sections, each starting their page numbering at 1), or |at=no. 456 (something in a numbered list). This parameter is ignored if either page/pages is specified.

language: The language in which the source is written. If English (the default) do not use this parameter. See also the 'trans_title' parameter.

trans_title: A translated title of the article, if the original title is in a foreign language. Would normally be used in conjunction with the 'language' parameter.

quote: Relevant quotation. Adding a quotation can help locate online copies of the item using a text search, especially if the original link goes dead.

archive parameters (if used, must be used both of them together)

archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if (or in case) the URL becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and Archive.org.

archivedate: Date when the item was archived. Should not be wikilinked. If not given, one might look up all available archive versions from URL http://web.archive.org/web/*/ (append the full original URL) to determine an appropriate date.

postscript: if specified, over-rides the default behaviour of terminating the citation with a full stop. Leave blank to suppress the full stop. This may be useful when using a quote which ends in punctuation, or when generating an output consistent with other templates. It is preferred to manually adding ending punctuation, as the punctuation occurs within the <cite> tag, so will appear before any icons added by browser plugins.

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'

Unknown

optional

Editor link

editor-linkeditor-link1

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'

Page

optional

Issue

issuenumber

Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically

String

optional

Department

department

Department within the periodical

String

optional

Location of publication

locationplace

Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'

String

optional

Place of publication

publication-place

Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'

String

optional

Publication date

publication-date

Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink

String

optional

Edition

edition

When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'

String

optional

Volume

volume

For one publication published in several volumes

String

optional

Page

page

Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'

String

optional

Pages

pages

Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'

String

optional

No pp

nopp

Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')

String

optional

At

at

May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient

String

optional

Language

language

The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates

String

optional

Script title

script-title

For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: |script-title=ja:...

String

optional

Translated title

trans-titletrans_title

An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended

String

optional

Type

type

Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case

String

optional

Format

format

Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML

String

optional

arXiv identifier

arxiv

An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers

String

optional

ASIN

asin

Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters

String

optional

ASIN TLD

asin-tld

ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US

String

optional

Bibcode

bibcode

Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters

String

optional

DOI

doi

Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'

String

optional

DOI broken date

doi-broken-datedoi_brokendatedoi-inactive-date

The date that the DOI was determined to be broken

String

optional

ISBN

isbnISBN

International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible

String

optional

ISSN

issnISSN

International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen

String

optional

jfm code

jfm

Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code

String

optional

JSTOR

jstor

JSTOR identifier

String

optional

LCCN

lccn

Library of Congress Control Number

String

optional

MR

mr

Mathematical Reviews identifier

String

optional

OCLC

oclc

Online Computer Library Center number

String

optional

OL

ol

Open Library identifier

String

optional

OSTI

osti

Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier

String

optional

PMC

pmc

PubMed Center article number

String

optional

PMID

pmid

PubMed Unique Identifier

String

optional

RFC

rfc

Request for Comments number

String

optional

SSRN

ssrn

Social Science Research Network

String

optional

Zbl

zbl

Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier

String

optional

id

id

A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable

String

optional

Quote

quote

Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation

String

optional

Ref

ref

An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv and sfn templates

String

optional

Postscript

postscript

The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none'

Default

.

String

optional

Registration

registration

For online sources that require registration, set to 'yes' (or 'y', or 'true'); superseded by subscription if both are set

String

optional

Subscription

subscription

For online sources that require subscription, set to 'yes' (or 'y', or 'true'); supersedes registration if both are set

String

optional

Last name 3

last3author3

The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.

Unknown

optional

First name 3

first3

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.

Unknown

optional

Last name 4

last4author4

The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.

Unknown

optional

First name 4

first4

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.

Unknown

optional

Last name 5

last5author5

The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.

Unknown

optional

First name 5

first5

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.

Unknown

optional

Last name 6

last6author6

The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.

Unknown

optional

First name 6

first6

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.

Unknown

optional

Last name 7

last7author7

The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.

Unknown

optional

First name 7

first7

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.

Unknown

optional

Last name 8

last8author8

The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.

Unknown

optional

First name 8

first8

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.

Unknown

optional

Last name 9

last9author9

The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.

Unknown

optional

First name 9

first9

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.

Unknown

optional

Author mask

author-mask

Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead

String

optional

Author name separator

author-name-separator

Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as &#32;

Default

,

String

optional

Author separator

author-separator

Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as &#32;

Default

;

String

optional

Display authors

display-authorsdisplayauthors

number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used;

Number

optional

Author link

author-linkauthorlinkauthorlink1author-link1author1-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Page

optional

Author link 2

author-link2authorlink2

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author. (Up to nine authors can be listed, 3-9 are toward the end of the parameter list)

Page

optional

Lay URL

lay-urllayurl

URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'

String

optional

Lay source

lay-sourcelaysource

Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash

String

optional

Lay date

lay-datelaydate

Date of the summary; displays in parentheses

String

optional

Author link 3

author-link3authorlink3author3-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.

Page

optional

Author link 4

author-link4authorlink4author4-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.

Page

optional

Author link 5

author-link5authorlink5author5-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author.

Page

optional

Author link 6

author-link6authorlink6author6-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.

Page

optional

Author link 7

author-link7authorlink7author7-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.

Page

optional

Author link 8

author-link8authorlink8author8-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.

Page

optional

Author link 9

author-link9authorlink9author9-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.

Page

optional

Last author ampersand

last-author-amplastauthoramp

When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'

String

optional

Original year

orig-yearorigyear

Original year of publication; provide specifics

String

optional

via

via

Identify the aggregator of the resource that provided the digital version (usually a database provider), when it differs from the publisher (e.g., for The Wikipedia Library)